Quotes About Faith

Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

Yet they say to God: ëLeave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?í

Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?

Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!

Yet you say: ëWhat does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?

Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.í

Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

They said to God, ëDepart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?í

But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,